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Penelope Cruz turned heads in two amazing looks at the 2022 Venice Film Festival this weekend!

The 48-year-old actress wore a checkered flag print dress for the photo call of her new film, L’immensità, before switching into vibrant pink and black look later on for the premiere on Sunday (September 4) in Venice, Italy.

For both events, Penelope joined her co-stars including Penelope Nieto Conti, Maria Chiara Goretti, Luana Giuliani, Patrizio Francioni and Vincenzo Amato, as well as director Emanuele Crialese on the red carpet.

Set in the 1970s, L’Immensità centers on Clara, a mother of three who, while contending with a violent Italian husband, winds up in a psychiatric institution.

“I don’t think my character is crazy at all,” Penelope shared with Variety. “She is trapped in her family. Trapped in her home, in her body. In the situation in which she finds herself living. She doesn’t have a plan B. There is no escape.”

She added that Clara is actually “oppressed in many different ways. And she simply can’t take it anymore. There are many women around the world trapped in their homes, who pretend in front of their children. They try to pretend that things aren’t that bad. They do this to survive.”

FYI: Penelope wore Chanel for both the premiere and photo call.

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Brendan Fraser suits up for the red carpet premiere of his new movie, The Whale, during the 2022 Venice Film Festival on Sunday (September 4) in Venice, Italy.

The 53-year-old actor walked the carpet while holding hands with girlfriend Jeanne Moore at the event.

Brendan also joined his co-stars Sadie Sink and Hong Chau, as well as director Darren Aronofsky and writer Samuel D. Hunter there, and at the photo call earlier in the day.

In a previous interview with THR, Brendan opened up about wearing a prosthetic suit to portray an obese character.

“I think it’s poetic that the trauma he carries is manifest in the physical weight of his body,” he shared. “I needed to learn to absolutely move in a new way. I developed muscles I did not know that I had. I even felt a sense of vertigo, when at the end of the day all the appliances were removed, just as you would feel stepping off the boat onto the dock here in Venice — that undulating feeling.”

Brendan added, “And I say this because he gave me an appreciation for those whose bodies are similar because I learned that you need to be an incredibly strong person physically and mentally to inhabit that physical being.”

FYI: Sadie wore Alexander McQueen at the photocall and premiere.

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Mia Goth is celebrating her new film.

The 28-year-old star hit the red carpet alongside producer Jacob Jaffke and director Ti West for the premiere of Pearl on Saturday night (September 3) at the 2022 Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy.

Here’s a summary of the movie: “Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl finds her ambitions, temptations, and repressions all colliding in this origin story of X‘s iconic villain.”

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Trace Lysette arrives at the premiere of her new film Monica at the 2022 Venice Film Festival on Saturday (September 3) in Venice, Italy.

The 34-year-old actress stepped out in a feathered orange gown and was seen posing alongside her co-star Patricia Clarkson as well as director Andrea Pallaoro. The trio were also spotted at the film’s photo call earlier that day.

In Monica, Trace plays a trans woman who is estranged from her family and returns home to care for her ailing mother, whom she hasn’t seen since her transition. It is the first film featured at the Venice Film Festival to feature a trans actress in the leading role.

Speaking with THR about the movie, Trace said: “Besides Hustlers, there really wasn’t much movement for me personally, in my career. As a transgender actor, I don’t have the luxury of rummaging through a handful of scripts every week, saying, ‘Oh, I’d like to play this one or try to read for this one.’”

She added, “Here was a transsexual protagonist, the movie was centered around her, seen from her lens and that’s rare. It’s also rare that it’s done well. And I think they [Pallaoro and co-screenwriter Orlando Tirado] wrote a really good script, centered on family, and survival, without being too in-your-face.”

FYI: At the premiere, Trace is wearing Valentino with Kat Macione shoes. For her photo call look, Trace is wearing Sarah Flint heels.

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Jodie Turner-Smith has a major fashion moment on the red carpet at the premiere of White Noise during the 2022 Venice Film Festival on Wednesday (August 31) in Venice, Italy.

The 35-year-old actress stunned in a gorgeous and sparkly Gucci gown, accessorized with bright green opera length gloves and regal emerald jewelry.

Jodie joined her co-stars Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola, and their director Noah Baumbach.

Guests at the premiere and opening ceremony included Jury President Julianne Moore, Hillary Clinton, The Gray Man‘s Rege-Jean Page, Thor: Love & Thunder‘s Tessa Thompson, Melanie Laurent, model Alessandra Ambrosio, Barbara Palvin with boyfriend actor Dylan Sprouse, and Gossip Girl‘s Zion Moreno.

FYI: Tessa wore Armani Prive and Giuseppe Zanotti shoes. Zion wore Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini dress, Flavia Vetorasso jewelry and Aquazzura shoes. Melanie wore Gucci. Barbara wore Armani Prive. Julianne wore Valentino. Raffey wore Valentino. Rege-Jean wore Giorgio Armani. Alessandra wore an Ermanno Scervino dress and shoes with Hairaat jewels.

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Timothee Chalamet rides through the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy on Wednesday (August 31) ahead of the 2022 Venice Film Festival.

The 26-year-old Dune star looked cool in sunglasses and a graphic t-shirt. He was pictured posing for photos with friends, who rode along in the taxi with him.

In other photos, he was spotted smiling with his shirt wrapped around his shoulders.

Timothee is on hand for the premiere of his new film Bones and All, which was directed by Luca Guadagnino. Of course, Luca worked with Timothee and Armie Hammer on Call Me By Your Name in 2017.

Bones and All is a cannibal love story, which co-stars Taylor Russel. The movie has drawn comparisons to the drama plaguing Timothee’s former co-star. However, Luca recently assured viewers that the movie has no connection to Armie.

Watch Timothee and Taylor in action in the trailer ahead of the film’s premiere.

The Venice Film Festival takes place August 31 through September 10. Bones and All premieres at the festival September 2. It premieres stateside November 23.

Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig are stepping out to support their new movie.

The 38-year-old actor and 39-year-old actress were seen posing alongside director Noah Baumbach at the White Noise photo call on Wednesday (August 31) at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy.

Adam, Greta and Noah were joined at the event by fellow stars Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Sam Nivola, May Nivola and Jodie-Turner Smith.

Based on Don DeLillo‘s novel of the same name, White Noise “dramatizes a contemporary American family’s attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world.”

The film is set to premiere in select theaters before it hits Netflix on December 30. You can check out the trailer here.

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